Trump snubs Newsom ahead of California visit

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

80% : "We're gonna have a very interesting time," Trump told reporters before departing the White House Friday morning.
38% : Asked about why he invited Schiff on the trip, after previously calling him "scum," Trump said he didn't.
37% : The inclusion of Bass is notable given the criticism she has absorbed, including from Trump, for the timing of an overseas trip she took at the outset of the fires.
31% : I mean, I really don't know," Trump said.
19% : "Trump is slated to first survey the damage in Pacific Palisades, the tony Los Angeles neighborhood devastated by a nearly 25,000-acre fire.
8% : Newsom and Trump have not spoken since the latter left office in 2020, and Trump has not returned the governor's recent calls.
5% : Slated to attend a briefing with Trump on Friday afternoon is: Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, who has come under fierce criticism in the wake of the fires, and eight members of Congress representing California, as well as Richard Grenell, the presidential envoy for special missions, and first lady Melania Trump -- but no Newsom.
5% : Trump, in a Truth Social post, accused Bass of "gross incompetence.

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